What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic?

1,324 number, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic?

14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cambodia vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Cambodia

110,562 number

in 2015

Lao People's Democratic Republic

111,886 number

in 2019

Cambodia rank

36th

Lao People's Democratic Republic rank

35th

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

Cambodia
Lao People's Democratic Republic

How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 111,886 number against 110,562 number in Cambodia, a difference of 1,324 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Cambodia ahead.

Cambodia ranks 36th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 35th of 148 countries.

Cambodia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cambodia	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Difference	Ahead
1990s	505,124 number	118,344 number	386,780 number	Cambodia
2000s	295,804 number	110,992 number	184,812 number	Cambodia
2010s	122,581 number	77,389 number	45,192 number	Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Cambodia or Lao People's Democratic Republic?: Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 111,886 number against 110,562 number in Cambodia as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic?: 1,324 number, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic?: 14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2015.
How do Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Cambodia ranks 36th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 35th of 148 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 4,440 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/